the family of a 1-year-old oakland boy has to make a heartbreaking decision, whether or not to take him off life support. >> why is a san jose fire department hiring in the middle of a recession? we'll take a look coming up. >> and there's a reward to find the person killing birds in east bay parks. >> get ready for friday morning fever, it's december 9th, "today in the bay." good morning to you. thanks so much for joining us. friday morning. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> good morning. i'm jon kelley. with check in with christina loren to find out about our friday forest. >> and it's cold out there this morning. temperatures are flirting with the freezing mark. 27 at gilroy. throughout the day today you'll climb to the upper 50s inland by

noon. we'll take you through the forecast and help you plan the weeken weekend. >> everything is relatively smooth. except for the live look. another shift in place as they get ready to reopen lanes. it looks like they have started to reopen lanes again for the first hour and a half of our broadcast we were restricted to two lanes over the overpass. >> it's 6:01 now. the family of a toddler hit by a stray bullet says they're not giving up hopes yet. the latest tests show 23-month-old hiram lawrence may be brain dead.

christie smith joins us live from oakland tw the latest. i can't imagine this family is going through. >> i can't either. good morning to you. just two days ago hiram lawrence's parns stood out here asking more more time, anything to give their little baby a chance to survive. now it looks like they're at a cross roads. based on published reports that suggest that an attorney for the family is saying that hiram lawrence may be removed from life support today as two tests have confirm that had the 1-year-old has no brain activity and the family, as heartbreaking as it is, understands what's going on. however, there are conflicting reports alsofohat the family will wait for the results of a third test today before making any final decision. he was in the head on november 28th when someone opened fire at a group of people filming a music video in west oakland. five people were detained on

unrelated charges. this morning on twitter and facebook, there's really an outpouring of support for the family. with people saying things like prove the doctors wrong, hiram. don't give up. do believe in miracles. we have calls to the family attorney this morning. as soon as we hear anything we'll bring that information to you. >> thank you very much, christie. san mateo police looking for a man trying to rob check cashing stores. then on a tuesday a man fitting the same description attempted to rab one on norfolk street. anybody with information about this investigation is asked to contact san mateo police. >> it is 6:03 now. there's $5,000 reward to help catch the person accused of killing birds at a concord park.

15 ducks and geese have died after someone shot them. this is at the corner of willow pass. >> in the mist oflayoffs san jose is adding zel new firefighters. damien trujillo sf live outside fire station 33 which has been closed for more than a year now. good morning, damien. >> reporter: good morning, jon. there's no money to staff it right now. this grant won't get that job done, but it will add valuable resources to the fire department and the city of san jose. 49 firefighters were laid off last year. thanks to a $15 million federal grant the department was able to

rehire those laid off firefighters. but only 22 came back because the others found jobs elsewhere. today the cheief will holding a badging ceremony for nine men and women who transferred from other departments. they'll fill the void left by the layoffs. the transfers have just completed a modified academy put on by the department. and they'll be ready to hop on the rigs and fight fires beginning on sunday. many feel that the department is still understaffed even with today's new hires. no doubt adding more than the 49 faces to the front lines can ease the tension the firefighters have been facing with budget and the stress of fighting fires in san jose. so things are looking up in san ho.

i'm damien trujillo, "today in the bay". >> good news for the department there. thank you, damien. >> the federal appeals court does not look like it will side with supporters on proposition eight in the latest appeal. >> the court heard arguments about whether the judge who struck down prop 8 should have disqualified himself from the case because he's gay. one asked so a married man could never hear a divorce case? they also debated over whether videos of the prop 8 trial should be public. >> according to prosecutors, barry bonds should be serving 15 months in prison. he is accused of misleading a grand jury during his testimony about steroids. a jury convicted bonds of obstruction of justice earlier

this year. >> a suspect in the black friday shooting is facing charge this is morning. the 29-year-old surrendered to police yesterday. he demanded money and tried to steal a gold chain. police arrested another man shortly after the shooting. meantime, a southern california woman will not face felon charges for using pepper spray on black friday. the woman was accused of spraying video game shoppers at a wal-mart near los angeles. prosecutors say the evidence does not rise to the level of a felon. firefighters had to treat ten people for exposure to the pepper spray. it is cold outside. b but it is friday and we're ready for the weekend.

it's friday. it is cold. it's the lack of winds. it's that cig nant air that leads us to yet another spay the air day. so we have a little bit better air quality at the coast. it's back in the moderate range. and it's cold. temperatures near freezing or below in many cities across the bay. you're at 27 in novato. 30 in santa rosa. throughout the day you'll climb to the 50s by noon. then we all round out the day in the 60s. san francisco is just about as warm here as we'll see in a lot of cities with the sunshine. we do have deep pockets for santa rosa through noef to if you're waking up with us in ma rin county. travel with caution. but we have better air quality. this is an indication of the

onshore flow already starting to take effect. as we head throughout the weekend, we'll see a stronger on jr. shore push. we have an area of low pressure tracking closer and closer to the california coastline. that means your temperatures will be more mild overnight. 59 degrees inland at noon. up to 60 at 5:00 p.m. in san jose, 59. in stran at 5:00. so we'll take you through the weekend forecast. we'll tell you when the best viewing opportunity will be. first we want to check your drive with mike inouye. >> we have our source, router 10 that would be the chopper. this is 880 past the coliseum. i'm showing a big backup towards

high street so there are four lanes open over the high street bridge. as you're approaching oracle arena. it's still jammed up. we'll get you back to the maps and show you what we're talking about. 580 is also okay. big rigs are allowed to use it right now. and bay point is showing 48 is slowing there as well. >> thank you so much, mike. >> coming up on "today in the bay", oakland mayor jean ha a has a mystery announcement regarding major league baseball. ♪

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>> welcome back, everybody. it's dark outside. if you look closely, that's the coliseum where a game of football is often played. and basketball is coming back. good news. the time now is 6:12. oakland may be making a push to keep the oakland athletics. mayor quan office put out a notice saying only that she will have an announcement regarding major league baseball today. the team appears to be headed for san jose. but oakland tried to get plans in motion for the very own new stadium. last december the city planning commission approving a proposal for a brand new stadium near jack listen square. at the time it ordereded and environmental impact review and said it would take about a year. the warriors team officials are meeting with sfrap mayor ed lee and giants ceo larry bayer on wednesday to talk about building a new arena near at&t park.

that according to the chronicle. the team also talking to oakland mayor he said the team is a bay area team whether in oakland or san francisco. the goal is to have it open in time for the 2017, 2018 season. the raiders have a beef with a popular burger chain. they are they claim the burger chain violated the raider nation trademark with a billboard that says raid a nations. the billboard is featured prominently outside the coliseum. according on the raiders the ad campaign implies that nations as a partnership with the football franchise. they do not. ranger fan who is love burgers are just confused. >> not a big deal. the nation's burgers. raider nation. i love my raiders. i love burgers. >> the raiders are seeking

compensation for trademark infringement, false advertising and unfair competition. >> i love burgers. i'm a fan of the raiders. you're a raider fan, aren't you? have you soon what they do in the black hole on sundays? i hear you can't sit down there, although seats are available. we have a cold start with temperatures in the 20s and 30s. so we are flirting with low temperature records. yet again the coldest point of the day around sunrise. you're at 32 in livermore, 37 in hayward. and 34 in sunnyvale. your hour by hour forecast shows you by 7:00 a.m. a lot of burn off. nice and clear for the most part today. 5:00 a.m. saturday, though. we stop the clock for you. you can see that fog rolls back in. and that could obstruct your perfect view of the total lunar eclipse that we're expecting as we wake up tomorrow morning. so 5:00 a.m. is probably the

time you'll want to view that. and if you can make your way out of the city to the inland cities, you'll get a better shot of that moon. as we head throughout the day, temperatures on the mild side. 60s yet again. the weekend provides more cloud cover with a marine push, onshore flow. deeper marine layer. that means we'll see more mild condition each and every morning. foggy start on saturday, especially at the coast and the north end of the peninsula. through sunday, looking really good. maybe, just maybe a little bit of drizzle. as you make your way home, holding onto upper 50s in san francisco. a little system sneaks on shore on wednesday. it will sit just offshore. might provide a little bit of coastal shower activity. but overall looking dry and cool through thursday. >> still got our eyes on 880 past the coliseum.

look at if slowing from davis street. it's past high where things cleared up. these folks are all jammed up approaching the high street construction. they have yet to completely clear. still have two lanes. and the cones are being picked up as we speak. once that's cleared we should see much improvement. back to the maps. you can use 580 as an alternate. now we're looking at a nice drive for livermore. a 19-minute drive. then look at the dublin interchange. er yerl yux zone might be the reason why there's some slowing, and that's unusual at that portion for friday. we watch that carefully as well. the south bay, no surprises. a typical slow down.

101 at highway 87. the peninsula is also clear. the travel times for 101 and 280 through san mateo, no problems along the peninsula drive as wel well. >> it's an uncommon event about to take place in the sky. if you wake up early enough tomorrow morning you mig be able to see and watch a lunar eclipse in progress. the question buzzing around the newsroom, when and where can we see it? >> well, it's going to be in the western sky, if you're on mountain top in the bay area, or on the beach, that's going to be your best shot of seeing it. we'll be starting with in roughly 24 hours for now. if you're not familiar with what

a lunar eclipse is, it's when the earth casts its shadow on the moon. and what we're seeing tomorrow will be that shadow on the moon caused by the earth and the sun's alignment. the astronomer will be out here tomorrow at the space and science center if you want to come by and take a look. >> yeah, for us the eclipse happens just a little bit before morning twilight. eab as it progresses to totality, we'll sigh the beginning of twi legitimate occur. so there will be color contrast between the changing, transitioning from black sky to blue sky. with the sort of reddish moon there as well. also, as the moon gets lower in the sky, we say see dimming effects caused by the ats fire. you may also notice an illusion. a lot of people notice the moon appears bigger closer to the horizon than when it's up high

in the sky. that's just an illusion. not a real effect. >> we had a lunar eclipse roughly a year ago. you're saying because of the location in the sky, there could be extra colors added in there. it might give off a different look. >> where it's more of a deference in contract. last year's eclipse was high overhead in the middle of the night against a dark, blackish sky. this one will occur against a bluish sky. and so there's a different kind of contrast. also there may be differences in the brightness of the eclipse moon. for those who have really good view of the moon, they might notice there might be some extra maybe a little bit of extra

bluish color. >> you could probably wait. thanks, conrad. you cocome here to the science center tomorrow around 4:30. come to the observation desk. they'll have telescopes eyed onto the moon so you can get that view. >> any chance you can make them wait until maybe a monday? tomorrow is our weekend. not getting up that early. i'm just checking. >> we'll watch it on tv, then. thanks a lot. sfwl get up and go outside. 6:21 now. coming up governor brown says voters have a tough to make. >> and silicon valley gets a scolding from secretary of state hillary clinton.

california may be stuck between a rock and a hard place. if you do not for higher taxes it means deeper cuts to schools, universities and public safety. brown's office posted if taxes don't pass a hole will trigger further cuts. the state faces a projected $13 billion short fall over the next few months. he wants to increase taxes on high income earnings and raise the state sales tax. efforts to bring bart to san

jose are on track and ahead of schedule. they cheered as the board approved a $772 million contract to extend bart to fremont. if the work goes well the board says trains could begin running in december of 2016. more than 18 months ahead of the projected 2018 date. the extension will create 5500 jobs during construction and thousands more incorrectly connected. >> the european union voted to crack down on the way countries borrow and budget. this all sounds a little bit dry. but scott mcgrew says it's critically porn to us. >> it is dry. but europe is our biggest trading partner. a collapse would tear apart our fragile recovery. so the latest. 17 countries who use the your owe as currency have voted to centralize their economies the way the fed controls our money flow. before now the euro was the central currency, but no one group was in charge.

from an economic point of view, it's a little bit like the change from countries to states. they're more like our states in the sense. the other countries in the union, notely england, are against the pan. it's worth remember there is are two europes. germany is clearly in charge of the new inner europe in ways nobody would have anticipated. secretary of state hillary clinton scolded them for applying dictatorship technology. there are several hardware and software companies that have been in the news in the past for selling technology to syria and gadhafi's libya and they know who they are. bill mair is calming to silicon valley to host a show yahoo!'s

new comedy channel. it will all be on yahoo! as they go back to creating content once again. there should be some fun stuff. >> stick around for that. >> we'll have a live report coming up. and the oakland family of a toddler shot in the head has a gult renching being to make today. >> and you made it to friday. we have a good looking weekend ahead. if the cold weather had you hibernating indoors i'll let you know about a warmup on the way in your full forecast. >> and we ha dowpe ing coming out of the tri valley. i'll give you updates on those coming up. in

a heartbreaking decision expected from the family of an oakland toddler who was shot in the head on november 28th. >> fran police releasing videos they hope will catch a sexual asaul suspect. >> i'm damien trujillo live in san jose. why the fire department is hiring during a recession. that's coming up next. and a live look outside this morning it is friday, december 9th. today in the bay. good morning to you. thanks so much for joining us. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> very good morning. we check in with christina loren to tell us about the crisp cool

start all week. we have freezing cold conditions in many cities across the bay yet again. we have in the 30s in napa hour by hour forecast shows you we'll be in the 50s by noon. 60 degrees ready to celebrate the weekend. 6:31. first mike has word of a hurry up and wait area in oakland la. >> we're hoping to clear it soon. traffic is just northbound after an earlier traffic break. it looks like all lanes have reopened. yo sue them going back and forth approaching high street after that things should clear up over the next 24 minutes.

>> so slow now but it will help. >> good thing they're with us at home. >> hold on onto hope. that's what the family of a toddler hit by a stray bullet says it's doing for their baby this morning. 23-month-old hiram lawrence may be brain dead live in oakland where the family is having a hard time on deciding whether or not to take him off of life suppor support. >>st te zi to sympathize with the family wanting to give their baby every chance possible to survive. now it looks like the family is at a cross roads. a pediatrician confirm that had two prior test this is week show that he has no pran activity and that the little boy would likely be taken off life support today.

they want to wait before making any decision at all and that the hospital would at least wait until 1:00 this afternoon. hiram lawrence was shot on november 28th when someone opened fire on a crowded west oakland where a music video was being filmed. police have detained five persons of interest on unrilted charges. and on facebook and twitter, the support keeps coming. don't give up. we're praying for you. miracles do hope. i have calls to the family attorney. as soon as i hear from him. i'll let you know what he had to say. reporting live in oakland, i'm christie smith. jon and laura, back to you. >> it is 6:33 now. san francisco police have released surveillance pictures of a person of interest in two sexual assault cases.

a second woman was attacked yesterday morning. both assaults happened in the 24th corridor in the mission district. both women were walking in the early morning hours when they were attacked. they were sexually assaulted and reportedly robbed. >> the former technician accused of skimming cocaine will be back in court. deborah is expected to attend two hearings. the other is to set a trial date. the former krib lab technician is pleading not guilty to the federal charge. she admits to taking small amounts of cocaine in 2009. state prosecutors did not file charges due to lack of evidence. madden's lawyer says the new federal charge does not apply to the case. >> 6:34 now in the midst of lay offs and budget cuts san jose is

adding firefighters to the payroll. they are made possible by a federal grant. damien trujillo downs us lye outside fire station 33 which has been closed for more than a year. good morning. >> good morning. that will not help reopen fire station 33. but it's got to be a slight morale booster in the middle of plummeting moral here. aside from the labor rift. the city of firefighters in san jose laid off 49 firefighters last year. thanks to this grant from fema, the department is slowly replacing the 49 ffrs. 22 of them were resworn in the summer. the others found jobs elsewhere. today there will be a damaging ceremony for nine more. 18 more transfers will go through this modified economy

beginning in february. san jose will soon have staff levels back to where it was two years ago. the grant is good for two years. but the hope is with retirements and attrition, the new firefighters will be able to stay on perm nanly. so good news for the san jose fire department at a time where they really need it. >> and people want the protection as well. >> 6:36. time to check in with christina loren. >> if you're going to be exposed to element this morning, that's the best place for you to cover up. he's got the right idea. it's cold. high pressure kept the skies clear and the winds calm. we're going to see more mild overnight weather throughout the next couple of days with onshore flow developing.

this morning we're already noticing that. you're down to a quarter mile visibility in novato. we have moderate air quality among the peninsula and up at the post in ma rin county. that's an indication of the on jr. show flow starting to purify the air right at the coast. unhealthy levels in the inland valleys. you'll want to limit that all day long. i do like to point out you get the best air quality of the day as we start each day out. at noon your hour by hour forecast sews you the 50s, up to 59 in santa rosa as you break for lunch. and 57 in the south bay. 62 in san jose. that's a forecasted high. the warmest time of the day is typically between 3:00 and 4:00 this time of year. the sun goes down and those temperatures drop like a rock without any wind to mix up the air. one more cold night.

as we wake up tomorrow morning a lack of fog inland will make for a good view of the total lunar eclipse. and we'll take you through the full forecast for the lunar eclipse and tell you when it's best for our city coming up. a live look shows you, well, that's not the coliseum shot. that's the chopper. let's look at the coliseum. ale lanes have just reopened. this will take a few for this to update as well as track to start flowing. big rigs are no longer allowed on 580 because it's back to normal flow. expect 20 minutes. we should have a is smooth drive. livermore things are really bogged down towards the dublin interchange. the earlier accident caused all lanes to be closed for a few

minute minutes. >> it's 6:38 right now. occupy protesters trying to shut down the westports on sunday even though they don't have the key sport of a group. >> the public is weighing in on. a liveor congress r a live report from washington is coming up next. ep

welcome back, everyone. it is 6:41 now. so far this year congress is passing the fewest number of bills in the last ten nonelection years. tracie potts is live in washington with how the public is reacting to all this news. >> this congress hasn't gotten as much done as they have in years past. americans are very frustrated about what's not happening here in washington. now we have new numbers to back that up. the hill tallied the votes of a thousand likely voters in the next election. over two-thirds say this congress needs less pay. they earned $174,000 per member. the leaders get more than that. they also think their tension should be cut. even though -- even if you cut

benefits and pay this congress needs to work a little bit longer nor days per year. reporters say republicans have made things better. jon, it's just one more example, hard numbers now, of americans' frustration with what's not happening here in washington. >> lack of progress does not feel good. tracie, thank you very much. new detail this is morning about the deadly shooting on a college campus. plan

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this morning. >> yeah, you know. we also have an almost full moon out there as we head through tonight into tomorrow morning. a total lunar eclipse that you'll get a good view of in the bay area where the fog could roll in and obstruct your perfect view. i don't think that will be the case for most cities across the bay. i think san francisco might be a little bit tough to see the eclipse tomorrow morning. elsewhere we're looking good. high pressure is finally going to drift to the east. we've been waiting for. less than a quarter mile visibility in novato. your visibilities are going in and out all across the bay area. watch out for patchy fog by the coast this morning. might find patchy fog throughout the inland valleys. by noon temperatures climbing to the 50s. 59 inland as you break for lunch. then enjoy the weekend. 60 inland.

59 in san francisco at 5:00. it's not going to be as bitter cold. it will nudge the big area of high pressure finally out of the way. and a little area of low pressure could bring us about a little bit of rainfall as we head through next week. we'll get to that when i get to your seven day outlook. i want to show you the best time to view the lunar eclipse from your city. you can see a little bit of patchy fog anticipated this morning. and we stop the clock for you at 5:00 a.m. this morning. san francisco will be foggy at that point. livermore, san jose, concord, most of the east bay is getting lunar eclipse.hot of the total we have changes on the way. finally out of the near record low territory overnight. and temperatures are rebounding

nicely every afternoon. the fog will clear. we'll get a lot of sunshine. let's find out your best bet for the drive with mike inouye. >> just liver more showing earlier drive because of the accident at the interchange. we have a fis recovery effort at these spots. oakland shows a much smoother drive for traffic. the volume is bunched up northbound past the coliseum. all lanes have reopened. and traffic is starting to move much better north of 66. the other shot i want to show you is the bay bridge toll plaza. they are starting to bunch up at the bay bridge toll plaza. we do see movement here. off the berkeley curve, no major issues. the south bay looks really good as well.

we'll take a view at the maps. these routes are all fine. it's san jose, capital expressway past the airport. just a little bit late if you can. we're looking at the lower bay shore. continues past the san mateo bridge. >> it's 6:49 now. the family of the toddler hit by a stray bullet says they are not giving up hope just yet. the latest tests show 20-month-old hiram lawrence may be brain dead. his family will most likely have to make a decision on whether or not to take him off of life support. christie smith joins us live in oakland with the very latest. good morning, christi. >> good morning to you, laura. two days ago the family stood here in front of children's hospital in oakland asking for more time, more tests, anything

to give their baby a chance to survive. now it looks like they have a heartbreaking decision in front of them. published reports quote a family attorney saying he'll likely be taken off life support this afternoon after at least two tests show that he has no brain activity. and that a family pediatrician since agreed. and there are also conflicting reports that the family has asked for another round of tests today. police have detained five persons of interest on unrelated charges. a couple of days ago a hospital spokesperson told me they couldn't comment on what was going on because of patient confidentiality. jon and laura, back to you. >> it's just so tragic all around. >> well we could find out as early as today what killed a

promising richmond football player. an autopsy is scheduled for fred thompson. the 19-year-old football player for oregon state university collapsed wednesday night during a pick-up basketball game. the oakland tech high grad was not known to have any kind of heart problems, but early indications are that he may have had a heart attack. bart police arrested a 52-year-old san francisco man that risked his life to rip them off. his name is dennis mcguire. this is what they found at his home. copper wire and volt cutters. they say mcguire recently stole the wire from bart tracks. police arrested him in august for the same crime. bart says the third rail where the copper was taken carries a 1,000 volt charge. so stealing the wear is very dangerous. it's also very costly. copper thefts have cost bart more than $90,000 so far this

year. >> 6:51 now. occupy wall street protesters planning to shut down ports up and down the coast on monday. organizers billing it as a show of solidarity but they have not won the support of the unions vepting them. they could have a tough time shutting down most west coast ports because they are so large. okay lan is the exception. it has one major entrance and exit. space enthuse yiss will have their eyes in the sky. early in the morning you could watch a lunar eclipse. bob redell is live at the space and science center. >> good morning. you look to the western sky. it's assuming you have a clear shot you can see it. or you cocome here at the space

and science center where they're high above everything. and don rad will be out here as an astronomer. give us the layman's perspective on what the eclipse is. this is the sun. that's the earth and that's the moon if it wasn't clear. sfwl what people are going to witness tomorrow morning is the moon moving into the shadow of the earth. that only happens when the earth the sun the earth and the moon are in a straight line. >> basically we'll see the shadow cast on a moon. but based on the animation you put together this year is different than last year. how? is there well, the big difference is where the eclipse happens in the sky. last year the eclipse happened high up overhead. this one happens in the early morning hours as the moon is setting.

we could see different colors and different contrast. >> what is the best time to look at this? >> i would say between 5:30, 5:45 and a little bit after 6:00 the moon goes into totality. and then you have the energy to watch it until it disappears over the horizon or when the sun comes up. if you want more information, you can come out here. they'll have telescopes eyeballing the moon. of course, you'll be able to see with your naked eye if you wan to get up early in the morning and look at it. we had an eclipse in the newsroom a couple of days ago. so we're very fortunate.

>> turn around, bob. good one. >> a cia drone has made an appearance on iranian state television. it's not a good thing. the u.s. acknowledging it lost a drone, but says it simply crashed there. state television showed it off under the iranian flag and anti-u.s. propaganda. both are asking iran for permission to take a closer look and inspect the drone. it can intercept communication and the drones take high altitude pictures. this morning it appears the man who shot a virginia tech police officer killed himself. investigators say ballistics test prove both men were shot with the same gun.

the officer is identified as a 39-year-old married father of five. in 2007 virginia tech's campus was the scene of the deadliest shooting rampage in u.s. history. it is 6:56. the "today show" is minutes away. let's say hello to ann curry with a look at what they're doing tomorrow morning. >> retired fbi agent who vanished in iran nearly five years ago surfaces in a hostage video sent to his family. but they say they still don't know who has him. we have the latest on the developing story this morning. also now the wife of former penn state coach jerry sandusky defends herself. wel see what she has to say in the first statement. also good news on the recovery of the young model we told you about. she was serious injured after she walked into the spinning propeller of a small plane. her parents say she's already

getting her spunk back. we'll hear from them coming up this morning. plus the hottest gifts for men, women and for children. those stories and oscar winner charlize theron is in the house. now back to you two. >> big fan of charlize. and stanford luk, has laura striking a pose here. he won two of the big three awards he was up for yesterday. named the nation's best college football player. that's usually a precursor to the heisman award. he did lose out on the o'brien award for the nation's best quarterback. that went to robert griffin, the third of bailor. that's luck's main competition for the heisman. it's friday. that means time for gadgets. scott mcgrew says this time of year he gets all kinds of questions. >> should i bye an ipad as a

gift and yes, you should. what's the best speaker system? apple engineers should tell you the best kind is this kind, the wireless kind. you can hold your ipad or iphone in your hand from your living room couch and still enjoy your music. that's why if you look closer at the stereo itself you can see that the howard jones mark is on the stereo? and it was able to connect much better? it's very cool. it's also $400. it's also quite loud. this is a howard jones remix that i really like.

there you'll be. $400 for pioneer. [ laughter ] i'm going to play this in the background. go. >> we should do that every day. >> i like that for howard jones. >> that's a sexy move. >> we're already paying for it. >> hit that beat, d.j. mcgrew. we're looking good this morning. 39 inland. 45 inland. we'll hit 60s across the board. make sure to tune in at 11:00 a.m. slowing thing down because of a disabled vehicle at the scene of an earlier accident. now no one is hurt, but it's blocking a slow lane. it never had a chance to recover. quick look at 880. it has recovered. we'll send it back to you. >> big finish. thanks so much for joining us this morning. we'll be back at 7:25 with a local news update.